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NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt killed in a last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. 1  Ken Schrader (36) slams into Dale Earnhardt (3) during the final lap of the Daytona 500. Earnhardt died from injuries sustained in the crash. The Daytona 500 is NASCAR's season opener and is often referred to as its Super Bowl. Earnhardt won it in 1998.
There has not been a Daytona 500 without an Earnhardt since 1978. Dale Sr. ran every year at the Daytona 500 from 1979 to 2001, when he was killed on the last lap of the race. (He won stock-car racingâs most famous event just once, in 1998.) Dale Jr., who finished second to teammate Michael Waltrip on the day his father died, won the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014 and started from the pole position in 2011 (when he crashed and finished 24th).